Bag-holder.



L. HANSON.

BAG HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED 1120.12, 1909.

Patented Aug. 23, I910.

anus-who's LOUIS HANSON, 0F COTTONWOOD, IDAHO.

BAG-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 23, 1910.

Application filed December 18, 1909. Serial No. 533,833.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LoUIs HANSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cottonwood, in the county of Idaho and State of Idaho, have invented a new and useful Bag- Holder, of which the following is a specification.

I The invention relates to bag holders.

The object of the resent invention is to improve the construction of bag holders, and to provide a simple, inexpensive and eflicient bag holder, adapted to enable one person to fill a sack or bag without having an other to hold it open for such operation. 7 A further object of the invention is to provide a bag holder, capable of adjustment to accommodate bags of different sizes, and adapted to be compactly arranged when not in (11156 and capable also of being easily carr1e With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in the construction and novel combination of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended; it being understood that various changes in the form, proportion, size and minor details of construction, within the scope of the claims, may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the drawings :Figure 1 is a perspective View of a bag holder, constructed in accordance with this invention and arranged for carrying. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional View, the bag holder being arranged for use and supporting a bag. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view on the line 33 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a reverse plan view. Fig. 5 is a detail sectional View of a portion of the elastic bag engaging band.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawing.

The bag holder comprises a stand composed of a horizontal base 1, and a back consisting of a lower hollow vertical section 2, and an upper extensible section 3, telescoping into the lower section and forming an extensible back for the stand. The lower rear section consists of a hollow shell improvements in having front and rear walls and forming a sheath for the upper section. The stand is constructed of sheet metal, or other suitable material and the bottom 1 is connected with the lower section of the back by means of crossed bars or cleats 4 and 5, secured to the lower face of the bottom and arranged as clearly shown in Fig. 4 of the drawing.

The rear end of the reinforcing brace or cleat 4 is bent upward to provide an attaching lug 6, and the terminals of the brace or bar 5 are bent upward to form attaching lugs 7 By this construction the base and the lower section of the back are securely connected together. The lower hollow section of the back is approximately semi-cylin-.

drical, and the extensible section 3 is also approximately semi-cylindrical, and it fits against the front wall or portion of the hollow section and extends from one side to the other of the same, as clearly-illustrated in Fig. 3 of the drawing.

The upper and lower sections of the back present concave faces to a bag or sack,.and the upper section is retained in its adjustment by means of bowed springs 8, having a slight longitudinal curve and located within the hollow lower section in an upright position and secured at an intermediate point to the rear wall of the same by means of rivets 9, or other suitable fastening devices. The upper and lower portions of the said springs are free and are arranged to bear against the extensible section and maintain the same in frictional engagement with the lower section, and are adapted to support the said extensible section in its adjustment. The lower section is also equipped with a set screw 10, piercing the rear Wall of the hollow lower section at a point between the springs and arranged to engage the extensible section for clamping the latter firmly in its adjustment.

The extensible section 3 of the back of the stand is equipped at opposite sides with bag supporting hooks 11, located at the upper portion of the section at opposite sides of the center thereof and adapted to have a bag hung on them with its bottom resting upon its base 1. The mouth of the bag or sack 12 is held open by means of an elastic, expansible and contractile band 13, constructed of steel, or other suitable material and having overlapped terminals 141, equipped with sleeves 15. The sleeve of one terminal of the band loosely receives the other terminal portion thereof. In practice the band is contracted to a size, which will enable it to be readily introduced into the mouth of the bag or sack 12, and it is then expanded to engage the interior of the same. The band is retained in its adjustment by means of a spring 16, secured at an intermediate point by a rivet 17, or other suitable fastening device to the inner face of one of the terminal portions of the bands. The spring 16, which extends longitudinally of the band, has tapered terminal engaging portions and is adapted to bear against the end portions of the band to prevent the same from slipping. When the expansible band is not in use, it is hung from the upper edge of the extensible section 3 by means of a split ring 18, constructed of suitable material and having overlapped portions and linked into a loop 19. The loop 19, which is approximately U-shaped, extends above the upper edge of the section 3, and its sides are suitably secured to the same.

The lower hollow section is equipped at opposite sides of the bag holder with ears 20, which are perforated for the reception of terminals 21 of a bail 22, having a suitable grip or handle 23. The bail enables the bag holder to be readily carried from one place or point to another, and as the bail is approximately semi-circular, it is adapted to be swung downward to the position shown in Fig. 2 to partially encircle the sack or bag so as not to interfere with the filling of the same.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A bag holder including a base, a lower section extending across the base at the back thereof, and forwardly at each side of the same, said lower section consisting of a hollow shell having front and rear walls connected at opposite sides of the base, and an extensible upper section telescoping into the lower section, which forms a sheath for the said upper section, the latter also extending across the back of the stand and forwardly at opposite sides of the same, and means carried by the extensible upper section for supporting a bag or sack.

2. A bag holder including a stand comprising a base, a hollow approximately semicylindrical lower section conforming to the configuration of a bag or sack and consist ing of a shell having front and rear walls and forming a sheath, and an upper approximately semi-cylindrical section telescoping within the lower section, and means carried by the extensible section for supporting a sack or bag.

3. A bag holder including a stand comprising a base, a lower hollow section consisting of a shell having front and rear walls and forming a sheath, and an extensible upper section telescoping in the hollow lower section and being of substantially the same width as the latter, means carried by the upper section for supporting a bag or sack, and a bail connected at its terminals with the hollow lower section at opposite sides thereof and adapted when arranged in a horizontal position to permit a bag to be placed upon the base and capable of being swung upward to a vertical position for carrying the bag holder.

4. A bag holder including a stand comprising a back composed of a hollow lower section consisting of a shell having front and rear walls and forming a sheath, and an upper section telescoping in the lower section, opposite hooks carried by the upper section for supporting a bag or sack, and means concealed within the hollow lower section and automatically engaging the upper section for securing the same at different adjustments.

5. A bag holder including a stand provided with a back composed of a lower hollow section, and an upper extensible section telescoping in the lower section, and a spring concealed within the lower section and frictionally engaging the upper section to retain the same at different adjustments.

6. A bag holder including a stand pro vided with a back composed of a lower hollow section, and an upper extensible section telescoping in the lower section, and op positely bowed springs concealed within the lower section and. secured at an intermediate point to the same and having terminal engaging portions adapted to bear against the upper section of the back.

7 A bag holder including a stand, means mounted on the stand for supporting a sack or bag, an expansible band adapted to hold the mouth of a bag or sack open, and means also mounted on the stand for detachably holding the band when the same is not in use, said band being removable from the said holding means to permit the band to be placed within a bag.

8. A bag holder including a stand, means carried by the same for supporting a bag, an

eye or loop projecting from the stand, a ring supporting means, and an expansible band In testimony, that I claim the foregoing having overlapped terminals slidably conas my own, I have hereto afiixed my signanected, and a spring extending longituditure in the presence of two Witnesses. nally of one of the terminals of the band and LOUIS HANSON.

5 arranged to engage the opposite terminal Witnesses:

portion of the same and housed between the F. S. WIMER, terminal portions of the band. GEORGE RUSTEMEYER. 

